Undergrad International Relations

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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:11:48 +0000

I’m sorry. But the vast majority of you are all wrong.

The traditional top-IR schools are, in descending order:

1. Columbia

2. Georgetown

3. Hopkins

4. Tufts

Both Columbia and Georgetown are widely accepted, in academic circles, as the top two places to pursue an undergraduate IR education. Hopkins is also a draw as it has a competitive 5 year BA/MA with SAIS. Tufts, the last option, has an excellent IR program as well- however, due to its inconveniant location, lacks access to internships, fellowships and the likes.

IR is a field highly based upon connections and social networking. I’m sorry, but thats just about the only way that you might get that internship at the World Bank or UN. Unfortunately, unless you go to one of these 4 schools, the Ivies, or Stanford, the chances that you actually use your IR education and work in an IR field are…quite slim.